Data Deduplication service detected corruption on file share
I have dedup on HD mounted as VHDX file (on hyper-v cluster) which is placed on SAN. The file is 100 Gb. I am seeing file curroption on office documents. I have check everything from SAN to hosts to...
View Articlecan't make changes to any folders on my server 2003
i added a computer to our network and gave the new user admin and permissions to the folder to make changes but when I try to make changes to files on that folder from the computer i get an error...
View ArticleLocate where new files are beeing put on fileserver
Hi I have large drives that everyone in company can put files onto. I would verymuch like to know where files are put as I sometimes "lose" 40-50 Gigs a day (and will run out of disk space...
View ArticleVSS Volume Shadow Copy keeps failing on Windows 2008 Server
Get this error on a 2008 32bit server seems like every morning. We run Backup Exec 2010 R3 which I assume this comes from. ThanksLog Name: ApplicationSource: Application ErrorDate:...
View ArticleHowto do a mirror spaces rebuild: parallelized recovery
Hi there,i got a 4 drive SS with one virtual disk (2 way mirrored, 2Tb thin prov) on Server 2012R2 Datacenter Preview. The drives are 2x3Tb and 2x500Gb.I would like to know how to start the new...
View ArticleSmall Storage Server setup suggestions, please
I am building a new small [primarily] storage server, to try out all the new Windows Server 2012 (and R2) features (Storage Spaces, ReFS, Deduplication etc). The motherboard has 6 SATA ports and the...
View ArticleDistributed File System Replication (DFSR) STATIC RPC PORT
I would like to set the static RPC port that DFSR uses via registry; I do not wish to use the command line option dfsrdiag staticRPC /port:. Anyone know if this can be done via registry? (Server...
View ArticleFolder names not displayed correctly
Hi All,We have a very strange issue on our Windows 2008R2 file servers. Our users have home directories on a few different shares. Most of the folder names are displayed correctly, but a lot aren't,...
View ArticleDFSR Conflict and deleted
HI ALLhope you can helpI have a client where we have set up DFS replication groups to replicate from 6 site servers to one master server which is then backed up.Everything has been working fine for the...
View ArticleHow to allow users to create a file but deny modify or delete in Server 2003
This is similar to a lot of questions already out there but we require the ability to set up a folder so that users can create files in there (or copy files into there) but once done they cannot modify...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 and SSD
Hello Everyone, I have a question about SSD and how it works in Windows Server 2012. I have got a home server with all roles acting as domain controller, wds, dns, shcp and file server aslo I made CCTV...
View ArticleSystem Writer is not found in the backup
Hello,I have a new and updated Windows 2012 Standard OEM version on DELL Server. When trying to run a Bare Metal update I am receiving the error "System Writer is not found in the backup". I have...
View ArticleWhich hotfixe do I need to resolve KB #2761922 (DFS namespace folders are...
The hotfix download link at the top of KB #2761922 points to two hotfixes (Fix411281 and Fix423534). Are both hotfixes needed to resolve the problem, or should I install only the most recent fix...
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DFSR Propagation Tests Fail
I run propagation tests/reports from each DFSR servers once a week to insure the health of our DFSR environment. Recently the propagation reports keep coming back with errors, and it's the same error...
View ArticleDFS replication between two drives
What are the limitations of replicating an entire drive (eg: d:) to another destination drive using DFS replication in 2008. We have encountered abrupt halts in the replication while using in this...
View ArticleHow to connect to VHD on windows server 2008
Hi, is it possible to mount a VHD file on windows server 2008 (not R2)? I created a VHD on a network share using disk management utility using a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and I need to mount the...
View ArticleDFS replication problem - IPsec VPN
Hi,I'm having an issue with DFS replication over a IPSec VPN. I have two servers, one based in the UK and one in the USA. I'm replicating a folder with 150GB of data. The staging folder is set to...
View ArticleNTFS Permissions don't inherit
I've got an odd NTFS permission issue on a new Windows 2008 R2 Fileserver that I'm setting up.I'm trying to set up permissions on a folder such that anyone can read the foles of the share and all it's...
View ArticleDFS replication role and SYSVOL replication
How does DFS role and SYSVOL replication related?if we first setup the environment in domain functional level 2008 or higher, the SYSVOL replication will be using DFS by default without us adding the...
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Can anyone help me?Creating the shadow copies in the file server cluster...
I construct a failover cluster(file server,AP module) for sharing files by WSS 2012,and I want to use the shadow copies to backup my data,but when making a shadow copies on the volume which is added...
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